West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-03-24
REV. DIR. TALMAGE.
THE BROOKLYN DIVINE's SIN.
DAY SERMON.
Subject: "stinglng Annoyanccs.-

hoTnet "-Deuteronomy vii, %
IL seems as IL the insect world were deter.
mined 70 war against the human rnce liz is
every year attacking the grain fields and the
Srchards and the vineyards Tho Colorado
peetle, the Nebraska graSshopper, the New
Jersey locust, the universal potato destroyer,
seem 70 carry on the work which was begun
ages ago when the insects buzzed out OF Noah's
ark as the door was opened
In my text the hornet flies out on It's mis-
nou. lt Is n speCi0s Of wasp, swift I'm its
motion and violent IN it's sting. Its touch is
Torture TO man or beast. We have all
seen the cattle run believing from the cut OF
ats lancet. In boyhood wo used TO stand
cautiously looking at the globular nest
huhg from the tree branch, and while we
were looking at tho wonderful paStc-board
covering we were struck with something that
sent us shrleking away The hornet goes in
sWarins. IL has captains over hundreds, and
twenty OF them attacking one man viii
produce certain death. The Persiaus
attempted 10 conquer n Christian
city. but the elephants and the beasts ON
which the Persians rode were assaulted by the
hornet, so that the whole army was broken
up and the beSieged city was rescued This
burning and nONiOus insect stung out the
hlttites and Canaanites from their country
Nhat the cleaning sword and chariot of war
could not accomplish was done by tho pune
ture Of an insect The Lord sent the hornet
MY friends, when We are assaulted 10y be
hemoths 0t trouhle-grcat behemoths OF
trOuble-we become ChValric and we assault
them; we get ON the high mcttici stecd OF
our courage and make a cavalry charge ct
them, and, III God be with us We come out
stronger and better than when we went in
But, alas for these inspctile annOyauccs of
hfe-thcSo foes too small 20 shoot these
things without any ayoirdupos wcight-the
gnats and the mitgcS. and tho flies and the
wasps, and the hornets lu other words, il is
the small singing unuoNuucgs of our lifo
which drive Us ont and use us up Into the
best conditioned life, FOR some grand und
glorious purpose, God sends the hornet
l remark i'm tho first place, that these small
stinglng aunoyaEccS may como in the shape
OF sensitive nervous organ ution Pc0p.e
who are prostratcd uudCr typhoid fevcrs or
with broken bones get plenty of sympathy
but who pitics anybody that is nervous The
doctors say, and the family says and every
body says: "Ohl she's only little nervous:
that's alLn The sound oi a heavy foot tho
marsh clearing of throat diseord in music,
a want Of harmony between the shawl and
the glove on the same person, % curt answer
passing slight, tho wind from the east any
one OF ten thousand annOvauees, opens tho
door for the hornet Tho TACT is,
that the vast majority OF the people i'm
thiS country are ONerworkod, and their
nerves are the first 10 give out a great mul-
htude are under the strain of Icydon who.
when he was told 10y his physician that IL Ee
dld not stop working while he was in such
poor physical health he would die responded:
Doctor whether 1 live or die the wheel must
keep going around" These persons OF whom
speak have a bleeding scnsitivencss The
flies love to light on anything raw and these
people are like the Canaanitos spoken of in
the text or in the contezt-thcv hnyc a very
thln covering and arc vulnerable at all points.
And the Lord sent the hornet
Again, these small insect annoyances NAV
come TO us IN the shape ~ friends and ac-
qualntances who are always saying disagree
apie Things. Ihere are some people you can
not be with for half an hour but YOU feel
cheered and comfortcd Then there are
other people you cannot be with for five
minutes before you feel miserable. They do
not mean 70 disturb you, but they sting you
70 Che bone. They gather up all the yarn
which the gosSips spin, and pcddle 10. They
gather mp all the adverse criticisms about
your person, about your business, about your
nome, about your church, and they make your
ear the funnel into which they pour it They
laugh heartily when they tell YOU, as though 10
MeIe a good joke and you laugh tOo-outside
Ihese people are brought % our attention i'm
the Bible in the Book of Ruth: Naomi went
forth beautiful and with the finest of worldly
prospects into another land. but after awhile
she came back widowed. and sick and moor
What did her friends do when she came back
TO the city, They all went out and instead
OF giving her cOmmOu-sousc consolation what
did they dol Read the book OF Ruth and find
out They threw up their hands and said
rs this NaOmim ns much as to saw "Hov
Ve.y bad you lookm When / entered the
Ministry l looked very pale for years
and every year, for four or five years. n
hundred times a year, was asked ~ / was
not In consumption. Aud passing THROUGH
and cry: "A-ahl not long for this world"
resolved i'm those times that never i'm anv
conversation, would say anything depressing.
and by the help of God have kent tine rge5-
luton. These people of whom I sfoqly roam
and bind in the great harvest field of dis
cOuTagement Some DAYS YOU greet tbeu
with a hilarious good morning and they
come DuzNng at YOU with some depressing
information. Tho Lord sent the b0Ie
net. IL Is astonishing how some peopIe
prefer 70 write and 10 say disagrcoablo
IIn3lhg3 Ihat was The case when, years ago,
henry M. Stanley returned after his magnff-
cent eNpOit Of finding Doctor David Living
Bton, and when Mr.. Stanley stood before tho
bavants or Europe, and many OF the snail
cIltcs or ths day, under prcteuse of getting
Beo9rapmcal Information, put 60 him most
insolent questions. he folded his arms and re-
Iuseq 70 answer. AZ the very tune when YOU
would have supposed an decent men wOuid
have applauded the hcroign of the man. there
were those % hiss. The lord sent tho hornet
When that mon sat down on the western
coast OF Africa, sick and worn, perhaps in the
Rraudest achievement Of the age in the vof
geographical discovery there were small critics
all over the world TO buzz and buzz nnd
cnrlcature and dcridc him and when "a feyy
weeks after that he got tho London papers, as
no opened them, out few tho hornet When
1 SEQ that there are so many ueoulo I'm tho
world who likC 20 say dis8grccahla thing. and
write disagrcoobe Things j come almost bon
my weaker moments 20 believe what man
taid 20 me in Philadelphia one Monday mon.
ing i went 10 gct the horse tfat was at tHo
livery. and the hostler. o. plain man. .aId to
met Mr. 1almage, I saw That YOU preached
20 thc young men yesterday I said "Ncs.n
He SAID. 'No Use. no uso, mon's "a failure
Tho small insect aun0Ygur.s 0f life some.
Tunes come BON the shape of local physical
trouble which does not amount to 20 .po. tive
prOsiraiiOn, but which bothrrs Won v.Iau
YOU want to feel Che best poYh4Us BIZ ieo
sick headache which has been fha PLAGUE of
your life. and you appoint some o.oasiou of
mrth, on soeiality, or Jss'uIues. aud when
tine clock strikes the hour you .uuot mike
your nDpe4uur" Perhaps tHH trouble s De-.
tween the ear aud the forehead. iu f0o -noue
ot ancuralgic twiuse Nobody cam -.o 10 ur
Wmpathlc with you. but just 8t the time
when YOU want vUur intellect eIaar..t and
your disposition brightest you feel "a sblrp
Keen disconcert.ng THRUST The Lord sent
the hornet
Perhaps those small insect annoyance. TIu
come lu tno .huu' uI domestic irritation.
Tho pnrlIf 1ud the kitchen do not aIsgHes
harmonic Io get good service and t1 tcnp
if b. One OFF tho great questions uf tho country.
Sometime DO may uc tbe arro.ancy and 20.
considerotcuc-s 0f employers. but wh4fe.ar
bo the fact, wc win BNW't thera arc these ir.
sect annoyance wIu-ug fbc.r way
out from the culinary department. M
the grace of God he not ln the heart